Me Time!
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MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2026894\" time=\"1623633393\" user_id=\"43981:
Hearing aids are very small now, and can be quite invisible. It's not the inconvenience that's the issue, but the background noise and the fact that the hearing can never be \"perfect\". I really don't understand why he (and my brother) can't accept an \"imperfect\" solution - surely some improvement is better than none? I get that using it in restaurants can be quite horrible because of the ambient noise, but surely using it at home should be OK? Anyway, I try not to suggest this too often, maybe once in a few months, because when I do, my father will start blaming us for mumbling and not speaking clearly. I just feel sad that he's missing so much of family life - he can't keep up with what's happening in his grandchildren's lives because no-one has the energy to shout so much.
slmkhoo, I somehow got a feeling your parents doted on your kids leh when reading your post..likes to bring kids eat better food.
Initially I was thinking hearing aid should be small why not wearing..then read about amplifying other noises too..make sense also.
Maybe we gave them a nice pouch ask them carry it with them and put it on whenever they need it? If that is something like those ear piece/phone, small and convenient to put on and off. -
slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2026898\" time=\"1623637899\" user_id=\"28674:
I can feel your frustration. I am frustrated with my mum’s stubbornness too. I have interacted with elderly who wear hearing aids and they work very well for them. My mum’s resistance to wearing one is due to pride (thinks people in public will treat her as disabled) and also laziness/denial (thinks at home no need/thinks she can make out what we’re saying).
Hearing aids are very small now, and can be quite invisible. It's not the inconvenience that's the issue, but the background noise and the fact that the hearing can never be \"perfect\". I really don't understand why he (and my brother) can't accept an \"imperfect\" solution - surely some improvement is better than none? I get that using it in restaurants can be quite horrible because of the ambient noise, but surely using it at home should be OK? Anyway, I try not to suggest this too often, maybe once in a few months, because when I do, my father will start blaming us for mumbling and not speaking clearly. I just feel sad that he's missing so much of family life - he can't keep up with what's happening in his grandchildren's lives because no-one has the energy to shout so much.MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2026894\" time=\"1623633393\" user_id=\"43981:
slmkhoo, I somehow got a feeling your parents doted on your kids leh when reading your post..likes to bring kids eat better food.
Initially I was thinking hearing aid should be small why not wearing..then read about amplifying other noises too..make sense also.
Maybe we gave them a nice pouch ask them carry it with them and put it on whenever they need it? If that is something like those ear piece/phone, small and convenient to put on and off.
Conversations on the phone are difficult. She’s shouting so loud I have to hold my phone very far away. Presumably she’s holding her phone to her good ear, which means she can’t hear her own voice in her other (bad) ear, that’s why she shouts.
Thankfully she can text. And it was only thru some SMS back & forth with her recently that I realized she completely misheard some numbers that I had said verbally. Guess I should use SMS from now on for really important stuff. -
My dad also starting to have hearing problems. My mum always reminds me to raise my voice when I wanna talk to my dad. He is not on hearing aid, maybe we just take it as a common old age problem that’s why we tend to ignore it. Then again, if hearing problem is affecting the quality of life, then go for a hearing test and get a hearing aid.
PM Lee has been on hearing aid for many years. Regarding the amplification of background noises, DH says nowadays technology has improved and the hearing aid can intelligently reduce background noises. No harm taking a look, check them out!
Last time wearing a hearing aid is like wearing specs. Now wearing a hearing aid is like wearing contact lens, very tiny, fit into ear, can’t see. -
zac's mum\" post_id=\"2026900\" time=\"1623638847\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2026900 time=1623638847 user_id=53606]
My phone conversations with my dad are brief and at high volume! Mostly \"Is Mum there?\" And yes, I send all important info like dates and times etc via email or WA. Both parents speak really loudly now - one because of his hearing, and the other because of shouting constantly! My kids don't need me to relay what the grandparents said on the phone - they can hear both sides of the conversation.
Conversations on the phone are difficult. She’s shouting so loud I have to hold my phone very far away. Presumably she’s holding her phone to her good ear, which means she can’t hear her own voice in her other (bad) ear, that’s why she shouts.
Thankfully she can text. And it was only thru some SMS back & forth with her recently that I realized she completely misheard some numbers that I had said verbally. Guess I should use SMS from now on for really important stuff.[/quote] -
Just out of curiosity…were your parents the main caregivers to your nieces? Did the grandkids grow up speaking really loudly?
My DS has a super loud voice (despite our plenteous reminders to lower his volume when we are just sitting next to him). I wonder whether this habit is linked somehow to having to shout to Grandma during his earlier years. -
zac's mum\" post_id=\"2026919\" time=\"1623655182\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2026919 time=1623655182 user_id=53606]
My parents weren't the main caregivers, and only my mum spent a lot of time with them. And that would have been quite a few years ago. But they, and my nephew, are all quite loud anyway! I don't think it's got anything to do with shouting at grandparents (the other grandparents were very involved too, and didn't need to be shouted at). I think it's just that they live in a big house, and were spoiled by too many adults in their lives, none of whom wanted to be disciplinarians. If someone didn't like the noise, they would just separate the kids.
Just out of curiosity…were your parents the main caregivers to your nieces? Did the grandkids grow up speaking really loudly?
My DS has a super loud voice (despite our plenteous reminders to lower his volume when we are just sitting next to him). I wonder whether this habit is linked somehow to having to shout to Grandma during his earlier years.[/quote]
Actually, I think school is where kids learn to shout loudly. The level of noise in the average school classroom is quite high, and noise in canteens is worse! Maybe less so since Covid. I recall having to institute inside/outside voices and constantly remind them when they were in Pr school. -
My older daughter just got her booking link for Covid vaccination last night, and got an appointment at Buona Vista CC this morning. The 2nd place in the list was Radin Mas CC, so Moderna is definitely the best bet for early appointments. The nearest CC’s earliest slot was 19 July! The 2nd dose is 6 weeks later. My husband has kindly offered to send and fetch her (hardhearted mother was considering her letting her take bus both ways as it’s quite near, or only fetching her after the jab!)
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slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2027208\" time=\"1623717505\" user_id=\"28674:
I thought I read somewhere that either Grab or Gojek is offering free ride to and fro vaccination centre?
My older daughter just got her booking link for Covid vaccination last night, and got an appointment at Buona Vista CC this morning. The 2nd place in the list was Radin Mas CC, so Moderna is definitely the best bet for early appointments. The nearest CC's earliest slot was 19 July! The 2nd dose is 6 weeks later. My husband has kindly offered to send and fetch her (hardhearted mother was considering her letting her take bus both ways as it's quite near, or only fetching her after the jab!) -
Didn’t know about the free rides, and anyway, my husband is working from home now. It’s only a 15-min round-trip - can count as a mid-morning break! I was prepared for her to take a bus - there’s a direct bus and it’s only a few bus stops away.
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Do U ever have neighbors throwing glass bottles directly down the rubbish chute? It’s obvious from the breaking glass sounds reverberating from top to bottom of the chute that the bottle is not wrapped in a bag at all.
I find it extremely dangerous, what if neighbors below happened to open the chute at that moment, can be injured by the broken glass…and how about the cleaners who have to clean out the bottom of the chute!!!
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